Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation) - USA
Band 2
What the Team is Known For
Strengths
McGuireWoods has deep and wide experience and excellent practitioners who make themselves available.
McGuireWoods has highly responsive and flexible counsel on staff with a variety of experts on call if specialty topics are involved. They adapt to how the client functions quickly.
They are an amazing group of lawyers with superb expertise. You can always rely on them.
Work Highlights
McGuireWoods LLP represented Members of the Southeast Energy Exchange Market in litigation before FERC and on appeal regarding FERC’s approval of the SEEM.
Notable practitioners
Joanne Katsantonis is well-regarded for her work advising public utilities, independent power producers and investors on a broad array of transactions and broader corporate strategy.
Joanne is an outstanding practitioner and a leader in her field.
Todd Mullins leverages his past experience at FERC to advise clients on a broad range of enforcement and compliance matters.
Todd is an amazing lawyer.
Brian Kelly is chair of the firm's energy industry team power practice. He has a strong track record representing electric utilities, infrastructure companies and independent power producers in a range of transactions.
Brian is exceptional. He is very knowledgeable about the area and very responsive.
David Connelly often acts as regulatory counsel on mergers and acquisitions and is further noted for handling a range of ratemaking applications and other FERC proceedings.
David is very able to handle things with a lot of tact and delivers in terms of client responsiveness.
Dave has demonstrated exceptional professionalism, deep legal knowledge and a genuine commitment to our issues.
Dave has extensive expertise on FERC matters. He is responsive and provides practical legal advice.
Julia English routinely acts as regulatory counsel on transactions concerning power generation and transmission assets. She frequently represents her clients before FERC.
Katlyn Davis Farrell supports electric utilities in a range of FERC mandates including transaction approvals, transmission rate filings and a variety of compliance matters.
Katlyn is so knowledgeable in the field and very pragmatic.
